Wilfrid Wentworth Woods

Wilfred Wentworth Woods

25th Colonial Auditor
In office 27 May 1914 – 1 March 1922
Preceded by	D. S. MacGregor
Succeeded by	F. G. Morley

Personal details
Born	11 November 1876 Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England
Died	7 January 1947(1947-01-07) (aged 70) Cairo, Egypt
Spouse	Ethel Maud Palmer (m. 1905)
Children	Sir Wilfrid John Wentworth Woods
Education	St. John's School, Leatherhead
Alma mater	Oxford University (BA, 1903)^[1]

Sir Wilfrid Wentworth Woods KCMG KBE (11 November 1876 – 7 January 1947) was a British colonial financial administrator.^[2]

His roles included serving as the 25th Colonial Auditor of Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) from 27 May 1914 until 1 March 1922,^[3] Financial Secretary of Ceylon and as a member of the Newfoundland Commission of Government from 1937 to 1944.^[2]

He was the father of Admiral Sir Wilfrid John Wentworth Woods (1906– 1975).

Honours

1926 New Year Honours: Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
1930 New Year Honours: Knight Bachelor
1935 New Year Honours: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
1943 Birthday Honours: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire^[2]

^ Oxford University Gazette. Oxford University Press. 1903. p. 694. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sir Wilfrid Woods – Colonial Fiscal Expert". The Times. 10 January 1947. p. 7.
^ "Former Auditor Generals". auditorgeneral.gov.lk. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

Legal offices
Preceded by D. S. MacGregor	Colonial Auditor 1914–1922	Succeeded by F. G. Morley

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Members of the 1921 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1921 (1921)–1924) →

Ex offico Members (5)

General Officer Commanding the Troops	Clifford Coffin
Colonial Secretary	Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh
Attorney General	Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest Garvin
Controller of Revenue	Benjamin Horsbourgh Edward Bruce Alexander
Colonial Treasurer	Bernard Senior Wilfred Wentworth Woods

Muhammadan (1)	N. H. M. Abdul Cader
Kandyan (2)	J. H. Meedeniya Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II
Indian (1)	E. G. Adamaly

Elected Members (17)

Territorial (11)

Communal (6)

European (Urban) (1)	Unfinished
European (Rural) (1)	Unfinished
Commercial (1)	Unfinished
Burgher (2)	Allan Drieberg Unfinished
Low-country Products Association (1)	Henry De Mel
Unknown	Ponnambalam Ramanathan James Thomson Broom Mohamed Macan Markar Arthur Alvis Marcus Fernando James Graeme Sinclair Robert Spencer Philpott Thomas Howard Chapman Edward Bruce Alexander Robert Niemann Thaine

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Members of the 1924 Legislative Council of Ceylon (1924 (1924)–1931) →

President: Hugh Clifford (1924–27); Murchison Fletcher (1927–28); Herbert Stanley (1928–31); Bernard Henry Bourdillon (1931); Graeme Thomson (1931)
Vice President: James Peiris (1924-1930); Don Baron Jayatilaka (1930–31)

Ex offico Members (5)

General Officer Commanding the Troops	Harold Higginson
Colonial Secretary	Cecil Clementi Murchison Fletcher Edward Bruce Alexander
Attorney General	Lancelot Elphinstone
Controller of Revenue	Edward Bruce Alexander Walter Ernest Wait
Colonial Treasurer	Wilfrid Wentworth Woods

Official Members (7)	Frank Arthur Stockdale Lachlan Macrae John Strachan James Frederick Edmund Bridger Francis Graeme Tyrrell Thomas Reid Maas Thajoon Akbar
Unofficial Members (3)	Hermann Albert Loos Gerard Wijeyekoon Kadiravalepillai Balasingham

Elected Members (34)

Territorial (24)

Colombo Town (North) (1)	Victor Corea
Colombo Town (South) (1)	James Peiris
Colombo District (1)	Don Baron Jayatilaka
Negombo District (1)	D. S. Senanayake
Kalutara Revenue District (1)	E. W. Perera
Western Province (Ceylon Tamil) (1)	Arunachalam Mahadeva
Central Province (Urban) (1)	Gerard Wijeyekoon
Central Province (Rural) (1)	George E. de Silva
Northern Province (Northern) (1)	Ponnambalam Ramanathan
Northern Province (Southern) (1)	A. Canagaratnam
Northern Province (Eastern) (1)	T. M. Sabaratnam (from 19 Feb. 1925)
Northern Province (Western) (1)	Waithilingam Duraiswamy
Northern Province (Central) (1)	Suppiramaniam Rajaratnam
Southern Province (Eastern) (1)	V. S. de S. Wikramanayake
Southern Province (Central) (1)	Forester Augustus Obeyesekere
Southern Province (Western) (1)	C. W. W. Kannangara
Trincomalee Revenue District (1)	M. M. Subramaniam
Batticaloa Revenue District (1)	E. R. Tambimuttu
North Western Province (Western Division) (1)	C. H. Z. Fernando
North Western Province (Eastern Division) (1)	Godfrey Edward Madawala
North Central Province (1)	H. R. Freeman
Province of Uva (1)	Henry Kotelawala
Kegalla Revenue District (1)	Alexander Francis Molamure
Ratnapura Revenue District (1)	Arthur Hamilton Ekneligoda Molamure

Communal (10)

European (Urban) (1)	Unfinished
European (Rural) (1)	Unfinished
Commercial (1)	Unfinished
Burgher (2)	George Alfred Henry Wille Nathaniel John Martin
Muhammadan (3)	Mohamed Macan Markar N. H. M. Abdul Cader T. B. Jayah
Indian (2)	I. X. Pereira S. R. Muhammad Sultan K. Natesa Iyer (from 11 Dec. 1925)
Unknown	Thomas Yates Wright Edwin James Hayward William Loring Kindersley Thomas Southorn (until 1925) George Thornton Alfred Henry Frank Clarke (from 26 Nov. 1924) W. A. de Silva (from 19 Feb. 1925) Punchi Banda Rambukwelle (from 19 Feb. 1925) Thomas Lister Villiers (from 19 Nov. 1925) Neill Graeme Campbell (from Mar. 1926)